College Edition Syllabus

Here it is.

Profile Edition Ideas

Ideas from class are HERE!

Much more organized spreadsheet with all the info.

Headlines & Captions Edition 4

Please make it clear about which article you are posting. But this is the place to post your headline ideas and your caption (if applicable) ideas. Be creative, appropriate and active with those verbs.

November articles to read

Airy macarons: I have a crush on this writer and her style, and this article is proof of her awesomeness. Maybe we need to include some more food writing in The Voice. Any takers? And what are your thoughts on this piece. Is there an MA story in here?

Why Science Majors Change Their Minds: An interesting article similar to the one below. Now is the time when science, technology, engineering and math majors are needed more than ever. But -- those majors are tricky, especially at the college level. What are you thoughts on this topic? Is there an MA angle in here?

Students Pick Easier Majors: Similar questions to the article above. If you read both, which one do you prefer?

High School Hazing: Yikes! An interesting piece on a part of high school culture. At times this seems every public school to me; at other times, I know hazing does go on an MA. What are your thoughts on this article and the topic in general? Is there an MA angle in here?

Edition 4 Article Ideas

Same rules as the last time. Publication date will be early December. Please keep that in mind when coming up with ideas. 

Please post 6-7 ideas for the fourth edition of the year. You must have at least one article idea for each section (News, Sports, A&E, Features, Op/Ed, Center Spread). Be sure to read the other ideas BEFORE you post your own. You can elaborate on another person's post (with a citation, of course). Include an article idea for each section. Be specific and format each idea as such: 
Article Idea: Must interviews (be specific ... "students" is fairly obvious and somewhat lame): Why will people want to read this:

Staff Work

Making your newspaper: you have your stories selected, now you need to create a newspaper. Your newspaper will have stories, graphics, headlines, by-lines, a flag (newspaper title), captions, photo credit, everything from a regular newspaper.

Newspaper size: standard letter (8/5" x 11")
Margins: Standard (.5" all around)
Body text size: Time new Roman, 10 pt
Headlines: No smaller than 25 pt
Caption size: 8 pt
Photo credit size: 7 pt

Here are some tutorials to help you get started. Remember to look at The Voice to see how the little things are formatted. Good luck!

InDesign Palettes & tools
Making a new document
Importing Graphics/Text
Sizing Text to Fit Into a Frame/Box
How to do a drop cap
How to Text Wrap

Ron Elving

For Thursday's class, please read/listen to TWO pieces by Ron Elving and come to class with 3-5 questions pertaining either directly to the pieces you listened to or for Ron Elving in general. Make sure you know who he is, what he does, and what he covers. He'll be joining our class at 830am.

We'll be in the Annex.